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Military airfield supporting Marine Corps operations in the Mojave Desert.
Location
Twentynine Palms, United States
Twentynine Palms Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field (ICAO: KNXP) is a military airfield located at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms in San Bernardino County, California. It serves as a key aviation asset for the largest Marine Corps base in the world, supporting training, expeditionary, and combat operations.
The airfield is primarily used for military operations including rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft training exercises. It is not open to commercial aviation and does not serve civilian passengers. The facility supports the extensive training missions conducted across the vast desert ranges of MCAGCC.
Notable facts
- ›Located at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), the largest Marine Corps base in the world by area.
- ›The airfield supports large-scale combined arms training exercises including the famous Steel Knight and Weapons and Tactics Instructor exercises.
- ›Elevation is approximately 1,955 feet above mean sea level.
- ›The field features runways capable of handling a variety of military fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft.
- ›It is a restricted military installation with no commercial or general public aviation access.
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